You won't be disappointed!

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

...and not 'Nixon and Elvis' or something like that. Let's keep this in mind... and let us not hurry to express strong protest about Michael Shannon: But this man is not Elvis! He is not talking like him, he is not walking like him, he is not even singing! If we want to find the ideal Elvis, one ride in Vegas is enough to have a dozen. Here we have the man behind the fringe, and the sideburns. The man with the divine voice and southern gentle accent flooded with hyper-patriotic feelings and worries! 1970 expires and Elvis watches television from his luxurious mansion and resents! These Communists will eventually f... everything up! And drugs have been rotting the minds of young people! Go crap! Something we must do. Rather, something I have to do myself! Country is in desperate need! And I, the King will offer my service! But who should I contact? The King cannot be conversing with the inferiors. The King should come into contact with the Boss... and where is the Boss? In the White House of course! But will the President accept me? Will he be available for me? Silly question... For a moment I forgot that I am the King... and who can deny anything to a crowned?

I had a little trouble believing Elvis Presley would have been this laid back in real life. Michael Shannon's portrayal made it look like he was walking around in a trance most of the time. I'm unfamiliar with Shannon the actor, in fact this is only the second time I've seen him, the first being in his role as the vicious government agent in "The Shape of Water". I don't know if he was the best choice to play Elvis Presley; if Kurt Russell wasn't too old for the role, he could have done as good a job as he did as an Elvis impersonator in 2001's "3000 Miles From Graceland". Shannon appears rail thin as Presley, with a skeletal face that looked to me like a cross between Don Imus and Boris Karloff. As for Kevin Spacey portraying Richard Nixon, I thought the characterization came off as more of a caricature than a real impersonation of the former President. He probably used Nixon's language appropriately, but I don't envision Nixon laying all over his desk the way Spacey did in the story. He almost looked like a reptile looking for his next meal, and rather creepy at that.It's pretty difficult to imagine that the way Elvis Presley got to see Richard Nixon occurred along the lines depicted in this story. One of the things I got a kick out of and reflected on was how Elvis imagined 1970 as a 'make or break time' for the country, what with rampant drug use escalating and massive demonstrations against the war in Vietnam. And I thought to myself, has there ever been a time in recent memory when it didn't seem like a make or break time for America? And we always manage to work our way through it, just like we will in the present day.One thing for sure though, if you're interested in this story as history, it will breeze by in what seems a matter of minutes. It's just under an hour and a half long, but it seemed like it was over in fifteen minutes when I watched it. So quick in fact, that there wasn't time for an announcement that Elvis had left the building.

This film almost passed me by until I stumbled across it on Amazon Prime. From the 'in period' opening credits to the bad wigs to the bro's in the coffee shop the cheese is strong and thick, but it's a very enjoyable film whichever way you approach it. Michael Shannon (who was completely new to me) neither looks nor sounds like Elvis but somehow fills the role very well, exposing a rather sad, isolated individual who just wants to be noticed for something other than being 'The King'. But the film is stolen IMO by Kevin Spacey, who captures ol' Tricky Dicky perfectly - the growling voice, the stoop, the hand gestures. Not only that, but he injects a wry wit to his part which goes a long way toward lifting this movie out of a dullness which threatened to engulf it at several points. I could easily watch it again.

This movie is a big bore. It's extremely slow getting started and the rest of it seems awkward and cringe worthy with the exception of the scenes depicting the meeting between the two title characters. Michael Shannon may be a good actor but this role was a terrible fit. Shannon is completely unbelievable as Elvis and could not have looked less like him if the makeup department tried. I don't mind if an actor doesn't look like the person they are portraying, but they should be able to capture their essence. I didn't think he did that at all. My opinion may be skewed, however, having grown up the daughter of a serious Elvis fan. I've seen just about just about every Elvis documentary and interview and I didn't see any likeness to Elvis in appearance or manner. Kevin Spacey's Nixon was, however, excellent. Thankfully it was a short movie.